Letting Go for an Empowered Life
How Releasing the Past Can Boost Your Personal Power
Sometimes letting things go is an act far greater power than defending or hanging on.
— Eckhart Tolle
Some years ago, I was released from a job that in my mind represented financial security, and yet my job and I had grown out of alignment. Accepting and recognizing that it was causing me more pain than pleasure was a process of letting go, emotionally and physically. I found that I had attached my identity to the job, who I was and what I was worth. I don’t think this is a new discovery, a lot of us do this. But recognizing who I am, is not what I do for a paycheck, gave me that Ahah! moment. And let me tell you, the feeling was uncomfortable. I wanted to stay safe in my comfort zone of what I subscribed my identity to be.
Through releasing and letting go of my attachment, thoughts and feelings to the job, it led me on a journey of self-reflection and inspired me to create a new identity. Or at least dig deep down to who I really am. Of creating a new me in terms of what I learned and the growth I received from my vocation. I concluded that leaving my job was like leaving a relationship or getting a divorce.
I spent most of my daily hours in relationship with my co-workers, supervisors, and a business entity. Daily tasks…
